Hiddy said she'd send me some (chemical-free) homemade soap samples which came along with all the homemade soaps she purchased online some time back and here it is!:
That's a crazy amount of stamps!
From top left: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Crème brûlée, wooden soap dish From middle left: Mag Champa, Lavender Dreams, Sex Appeal, Mendhi, Popstar From bottom left: Brier Rose, Chealsea Garden (These soaps had soap roses embebbed into their sides!)
Hiddy, thanx for the extra full-sized soap bars and the wooden soap dish! ^_^ The soaps smell delicious enough to eat and I still can't bear to use them!
I've been wanting to try the icing room for the longest time! I thought it was a cool idea to let us decorate our own cake; gives it more meaning~ Baby and i went down to jurong point for this even though we didn't need a cake for anything haha~
It's by breadtalk - the shopfront almost looks whimsical, no?
Look at that array of cakes!
Not exactly cheap!
First, u start off with this:
Then they will give u a set of frosting cream/gel to pipe on to your cakes.
Ok, don't laugh at our creation hor!
Looks very juvenile, i know haha~ The frosting cream wasn't very fresh, they were kind of watery. That's why we used more of the gel ones~
Another angle~
And our cake was boxed nicely:
The cake wasn't for any particular occasion, but we wanted to stick on the candles anyway heh heh~
The cake not nice de! U'll see why:
As u can see, there was more cream than cake! -_-" Sickeningly sweet!
And here's a collage of what we had over several days woohoo!:
Bliss!
We had the porridge buffet in joaquim at suntec for lunch:
And yes! The treat to ma maison that i owed Baby! This time round, i made a reservation a week in advance and managed to secure our favourite table!
First to arrive was the fries ($6.80)~ They can even make such normal fries like these taste so good haha~ They stayed crispy on the outside and soft on the inside right till the end of our meal!
Next to come was our assorted sausages ($11.80)~ Each sausage tasted different and we loved all of them!
Baby's beef stroganov omurice ($14.80)! I would have preferred the beef to be more tender but overall it was a good dish~ The garlic butter rice nestled within the egg was so flavourful and orgasmic!
Looks absolutely tempting!
The orgasmic garlic butter rice!
My napolitan spaghetti ($14.90)! We haven't tasted a lot of pastas from restaurants around Singapore, but both of us agreed hands down that this is by far the best pasta we've tasted! Orgasmic!
And guess what? They do give out a little treat for birthdays:
A complimentary slice of cheesecake with a candle for the birthday boy! It is also by far the best cheesecake we've ever had haha~ Orgasmic again!
As seen on their plates - Yes... beautiful tasty food and wonderful staff!
They changed the table lamp for a couple of tables~
On Baby's birthday, we went to the science centre! We realised that we tend to do touristy things during special occasions, like sentosa's underwater world for my 21st and the zoo for our 5th anniversary haha~
My last visit was during primary school!
Science centre, here we come!
Huge dinosaur that moves and roars at the entrance!
Some of the stuff~
Cool walkway that lights up when u step on it~
Another shot~
Weird eerie robot girl~
We went to the omni-theatre next! Both of us have never been here but i've heard of the huge IMAX screen! So excited! Our film of choice was wild ocean~
Very steep!
Part of the screen; it stretches all the way up to the ceiling!
After the movie, we proceeded to take one of the worst stimulation rides i've ever taken. -_-" It is called prehistoria adventure~ $4 per person for 5 minutes of crap!
The animation and stimulations were prehistoric alright~ -_-"
I wanted to treat Baby to ma maison, but it was full~ Stupid me should have made a reservation! Ma maison treat postponed to a week later!
Baby and i went on a trip to JB and it was a most wonderful journey! Here's just a little part of our trip; i was told that this place is really popular:
Location was rather ulu but a lot of people!
They offer items such as chee cheong fun, wanton mee, laksa... etc, but i think what they are famous for are their milk tea and toast!
Their milk tea was rich, smooth, a little sourish (in a good way) and 一点涩涩的~ It was undoubtedly one of the better milk tea we have had but i felt that it could be better? That is when Baby informed me that the standards of their milk tea has dropped since his last visit some time back~
But thankfully their butter sugar toast was still spectacular! They were toasted using charcoal and we could smell the fragrance~ The bread was crispy on the outside yet remained unbelievably soft on the inside! The melted butter combined with sugar crystals were the icing on the cake...~ Orgasmic!
We simply have be back to taste the other items on their menu!
It was after dinner one day when we saw the poster outside bistro delifrance promoting their $7.90 and $11.90 set meals (only on weekdays). We thought it was rather affordable and so we came back on another day to try it out~
There are different main courses for each day of the week; we went on a wednesday and it was grilled chicken with mushroom sauce under the $7.90 menu~
Each set meal comes with a starter, main course, dessert, and coffee/tea~
Our server asked us whether we want to have our coffee and tea first but it never did come even though i said yes, we would like to have it now!
Anyway, our starter was mushroom soup served with garlic bread. There certainly was no garlic taste in the bread and the mushroom soup was diluted and horribly salty!
Our grilled chicken with mushroom sauce came in a very small portion! But it's ok coz we didn't expect much for $7.90 anyway. Taste was alright~
Dessert was this small slice of chocolate cake which wasn't too bad~ Our server must have completely forgotten about our coffee and tea and was now nowhere to be seen, so in the end we had to ask another server for our drinks~ -_-"
Coffee and tea served with a mini chocolate chip cookie~
After stirring in the milk and sugar~
The coffee tasted really bland and as for the tea... well it's lipton so erm, no comments!
Fortunately we were in a super good mood that day so we didn't mind anything at all haha~
However, the restaurant was less than half-filled the whole time we were there, the table of 3 next to us left without finishing their food and another table returned their bowls of soup coz the soup was cold. Tells u lots, doesn't it?
I think that bistro delifrance is another one of those "try once enough" kind of restaurant~ It's better to just stick to their pastries and breads!
We met up super early on Valentine's Day for an appointment in Novena! After the appointment, Baby gave me my first Valentine's pressie of the day and...
Say hi!! ^_^
It's the cutest little lamb soft toy we've ever seen! Shall show it in its entirety later on in the post! We've already seen this soft toy in central some time ago and liked it immediately~ Baby had previously act as if he's not gonna get it as my V-day pressie... 原來是要給我一个 surprise! ^_^
And so we went for breakfast at long john silver's happily! Lalala.........~
Both choices were great, especially texas chicken! Love their hashbrowns! When we were about to leave, we heard the ah beng (who was with a friend) sitting at the table next to us talking with a loud and super flirty voice on his handphone:
Ah Beng: 我很想你咧... 你想我吗? (I miss u a lot leh... u miss me onot?) Ah Beng: (pauses) Ah Beng: 你不想我啊? 为什么? (U don't miss me ah? But why?)
Haha u have to hear him talk like this with his flirty voice right in front of his 被冷到的 friend, then u will know how funny the situation is lor! Haha Baby and i tried so hard to contain our laughter! Baby cannot tahan first and burst out laughing, i see already of coz also cannot tahan lah haha~ Erm we then quickly siam! Heh heh~
Baby then wanted to go to central mall coz he said he needed to buy something, and so we went! He asked me wait at level 1 while he dashed to the basement... hmmmmm i knew something was up and haha! He came up to me with the most gorgeous bouquet!
That was the second surprise coz he had previously made me believe that there won't be any flowers this year! Hehe 谢谢 Baby!
And... it's bouquet camwhoring time!
To me, my bouquet was the gorgeous-est on that day! ^_^
美到冒泡!
美到冒泡!
美到冒泡!
美到冒泡!
And here's the super cute little lamb!
Wahaha buay tahan, too cute already!
Cute到冒泡!
Cute到冒泡!
We didn't make any dinner reservations and decided to just go with our f-e-e-l~ Wanted to go ma maison, but as expected; fully booked. Even pizza hut had a queue. So secret recipe then! 重要的不是在那里，而是跟谁在一起! ^_^
Nope no free plain water. Have to buy their distilled bottled water (50 cents)~
Grilled chicken with mushroom sauce and horrible-tasting butter rice ($11.90)
Pan-grilled catch of the day ($11.90)~
Smarties treats ($5.50)~
The food was mediocre but it doesn't matter as long as we're having it together! ^_^
And the bouquet camwhoring continues at home:
It's been a long time since i've last used the colour accent function:
I forgot to include the collage of my house's chinese new year decor in the previous post, so it shall be the first pic in this post (although i've already added it in to the previous post) coz they're so cute lah haha~
The decor!
Anyway, on to 元宵节. It is on the 15th day (which is also the last day) of chinese new year~
How was your chinese new year? Mine went pretty ok, although i wasn't as lucky as last year in our annual gambling sessions haha~ HUAT AH!!
大年除夕...的除夕!
I had an exam on the day before chinese new year's eve, sian! Baby fetched me from school and we had lunch at a random foodcourt:
梅菜猪脚 for him and 梅菜排骨 for me~
I had bandung coz of its colour - i was in the chinese new year mood haha~
大年除夕
Simple reunion dinner with just Mum, Dad, bro and me:
青菜炒鲍贝~
白斩鸡~
烧鸭~
姜丝蒜蓉虾~
鲍鱼(谢谢Baby! ^_^)~
大年初一
The decor!
The indispensable mandarin oranges~
The goodies!
Homemade~
Homemade love letters in a milo tin~
One of my favourite! 蜜蜂窝!
One of my favourite too! Red lemon cuttlefish with loads of sugar!
Candies~
Candies again~
旺旺 for huat-ing purposes and chocolates~
The ever essential bak kwa! 美珍香肉干 from Baby!
Visited ah ma's place in the morning, and mum's side came over to our house in the afternoon to begin our annual gambling session haha~ We played cards all the way till dinner:
No individual shots of each dish coz everyone was eager to start haha~
大年初二 was at popo's place and we had pizza, kfc and lo hei-ed before continuing with our gambling heh heh~ Only once a year leh, must make full use of the time we have!
Went to the cinema on 大年初三 where Mum, popo and xiao yi watched 幸福万岁 while bro and i watched 大喜事~ We then met up for a late lunch at wan chai hong kong tea room~
Baby came over on 大年初四 and we nua-ed together by watching forrest gump for the nth time on his laptop while pigging out on this:
Sugar-loaded cuttlefish again!
Baby stayed for dinner:
Mini steamboat~
I shall end this post with mcdonald's prosperity meal which we had before chinese new year~ (Every year also the same leh, when are they going to change their menu offering for chinese new year?!)
Let me start off by saying that it was a bad idea to go to plaza singapura's cafe cartel for my birthday lunch with milo and mion before our tutorial~
I forgot who suggested it but i think it's stupid me coz it was just at the entrance of plaza singapura, there were empty tables still and we had about an hour to spare~
This experience totally reminded me why i haven't been to cafe cartel in years~
Ok, so we were seated and we ordered 3 set lunches. We got ourselves some of their free-flow bread to cushion our tummies nicely first before the soup arrived:
I think it was mushroom soup; i kinda gulped it down without noticing~
That's mion's grilled fish pasta in cream sauce. We all tasted it and agreed that it was mediocre at best~
Milo ordered the same dish (jumbo chicken leg in black pepper sauce) and i thought we were going to receive our orders at the same time.
After about 15 minutes after ordering, both milo and mion have received their main courses. I have not. And the nightmare officially began.
I waited 10 more minutes before i got hold of a server to help me check on my order. He took look at our receipt and brushed me off by saying that my jumbo leg will need much longer to prepare. HELLO? My friend already had hers ok!?
But never mind, i gave them the benefit of the doubt and waited for 10 more minutes before i got hold of another server to help me check on my order in the kitchen. He said he would and he returned with a freakin' wrong dish!
I then got hold of first server who brushed me off to check on my order coz my order has had ample time to be prepared, rriigghhtt? He agreed and scurried off. By that time i was already seething with anger coz we had a tutorial class to rush to!
I managed to get hold of a manager and complained to her that i have been waiting for almost 40 minutes and there's still no sight of my stupid jumbo chicken leg! She finally got another server to get me my freakin' order and mumbled a sorry to me. Wah lao!
Here's the offending dish:
They've obviously forgotten about my order lor. And it's not even that nice. The chicken would have been tasteless without the black pepper sauce~
Dessert:
Magnolia ice-cream. -_-"
I only had less than 15 minutes to gulp down my lunch and ice-cream before rushing off to class!
I sent them a complaint via their online feedback form some time later and insisted on a reponse from them in my complaint, if not i think they will 不把我放在眼里 leh! I received a reply 2 days later saying that they will conduct an internal investigation~
On the very next day, they replied and apologised, saying that the staff "acknowledged the incident with regrets". Yeh right. Like i believe!
Both of their emails actually sound suspiciously like template answers to me. I remember reading the exact same words from another blog where the blogger had complained to cafe cartel and received their email reply too!
A 3D/2N chalet with family, Mum's side of relatives and Baby! Met up with Baby after my morning class to have lunch at waraku (central's branch) before heading over to downtown east to meet up with them.
We 念念不忘 what we had on our 5th anniversary, so we ordered the exact same things haha~
Baby's tonkatsu set ($15.50)~
Mine ($14.80)~
The only thing different was the side dish:
Tonpei yaki ($6.80)
New candy shop in central!
Apparently all candies sold here are handmade~ We saw them in action, but didn't manage to snap any pics coz there were too many people blocking the view haha~
More candies!
Baby and i got these lollipops for the little cousins:
All of them gave nice reviews for the lollipops!
The whole bunch of us went to this chinese restaurant called "different tastes" but no pics coz all the food were pretty much snapped up the moment they arrived haha~
We then took a walk and got addicted to the games in E!Hub's arcade!
7th December
On the 2nd day, we had breakfast at burger king coz mcdonald's was full haha~
I forgot the name for this breakfast set but it kinda resembles mcdonald's big breakfast don't u think?
We then spent the afternoon nua-ing and pigging out in front of the telly in our rooms before getting ready for the bbq in the late afternoon~
And bbq for our dinner!
Mum's marinated pork chops and chicken wings were super yummy!
Only 2 pics of the bbq coz... too busy!
Baby and i hung out at McCafe for a while before heading back with our supper (McChicken and large fries from mcdonald's) and this:
Half of the whipped cream had already melted by the time we reached our room~
Iced chocolate from McCafe! Orgasmic la this drink! Never knew it was this nice!
8th December
Day to go home! Baby and i have won quite a number of tickets from E!Hub's arcade over the past 2 days, so we went to exchange them for some random stuff first~
200+ of them!
We exchanged the tickets for these:
Cutsey stuff which i have no use for haha~
Had lunch at E!Hub before heading home!
The overhyped mr chicken rice
Mr chicken rice is opened by the ex-chef of mandarin hotel's chatterbox and he used to have a stall at downtown east's foodcourt. I have tried it once back then and it was really really average~
He has since relocated to his own chicken rice shop here in E!Hub and we thought we'd try it out again!
That's 2 set meals plus an extra order of veggies~
Erm. Still really average. We've tasted better chicken rice in kopitiams and foodcourts. The crowd is probably due to the hype and the chef's reputation~ The only saving grace was the beancurd dish shown above!
We'll be back!
P/S: Do bear with me for the many birthday celebration posts as i really want to remember them by documenting them down on this blog!
We went to swensen's for our christmas eve dinner this year coz Baby had coupons! Haha save money! ^_^
It's been years since we've last visited swensen's! Thank goodness their standards are still fine, unlike cafe cartel (reserved for another post)!
The calamari rings ($6.20) were yummy! I actually prefer these battered ones than those breaded ones~
Baby had the bbq half chicken ($14.90) and it was suprisingly good! Not only was the chicken well-seasoned, its meat was also really tender and moist~
I had the fish-in-a-jacket ($13.90) which i didn't really enjoy. I wished i've stuck to the good old fish and chips instead! The batter was thick and tasted really heavy!
And how could we do without those good old fries ($4.50)!
We shared dessert; the orgasmic "sticky chewy chocolate" ($8.20)! We devoured the whole glass of goodness in record time heh heh~
Like last year, the vicinity we were in didn't have any mini logcakes for sale. Hence, we resorted to christmas cupcakes from paisley & cream again!
Cute little santa!
Last year's cupcakes were prettier (especially the christmas tree one) though~
And a galore of christmas trees!:
Takashimaya~
Takashimaya again!
Paragon~
Central~
Bugis Junction~
Ok la not really a galore coz there's only 5 trees haha~ And the christmas lights/decorations around orchard:
I like this year's theme! All the candies and cupcakes and stuff~
Only 2 pics coz we were not interested in hustling with the hordes of ppl trying to take pics of the lights/decorations too!
We decided to revisit the place where we had lunch on our very first date 5 years ago - takashimaya's mcdonald's as a closure to our celebration this year!
We wanted to have the exact same food we had 5 years ago, but as fish mcdippers is no longer on the menu, we had to settle for the closest substitute: filet-o-fish!
No celebration of ours would be complete without a homecooked meal! And so, we tried our hands at omurice woohooo~!
I find this version easier as we just needed to top the rice (stir-fried with tomato ketchup) with fluffy scrambled eggs instead of the other version where u had to wrap the rice in the omelette itself~
We were inspired by ma maison's beef stroganoff butter rice's presentation but we substituted the beef with good old chicken!
Since Baby and i are such suckers for celebrations, we decided to make our 5th anniversary celebration last for a month! ^_^ I've divided the pics into 3 parts, so do bear with me as i record our food trail(s) in this blog haha~
24th October
Breakfast@Ya Kun:
Ya kun's half-boiled eggs are always lukewarm -_-"!
Our favourite butter sugar toast!
Dinner@Aston's Specialties:
Onion rings ($1.80)~
Chicken and sausage combo ($10.90) for us both!
Baby's set~
25th October
And off we go to the zoo! ^_^
Our self-prepared brunch!
It's been so long since we've been to the zoo!
Lovely afternoon! ^_^
Dinner@Magic Wok:
Broccoli~
Sambal sotong~
Lemon chicken~
P/S: Sorry for the long lapse in updating this blog as i was busy a while back!
I'm not quite sure whether the previous heeren's branch moved to cuppage or there was already an outlet in cuppage but it sure pales in comparison to the heeren's outlet!
Cuppage Plaza 5 Koek Road Singapore 228796
After the heeren's outlet closed in feb this year, we went to the nearest pontian wanton mee in cuppage and found that they weren't using their usual springy noodles anymore.
We went back recently and were surprised to find that their noodles were springy again. However, this time round, it's the flavour which was screwed up. We told them that we wanted more dark soy sauce for our noodles but when our order came, the noodles still looked and tasted bland~ -_-"
There's other things that disappointed us could nitpick about: the tasteless char siew, the greasy fried wantons, the absence of fried pork lard (!!)... etc.
Despite all these, there seemed to be a steady stream of customers still. Perhaps we should return another time and who knows? Third time's the charm?
It was after Mion's and my AOW presentation and we met up with Milo for lunch in plaza singapura~ Mion and i were in the mood for some japanese food and since Milo was late, it gave both of us the authority to go ahead and choose a place first heh heh~
We didn't want sakae and ajisen, ichiban was under renovation, so it's down to ajitei. I was disappointed with the takashimaya's branch and i thought i'd just avoid ordering what i've tried and disliked before!
I had a sudden craving for omurice and i ordered the tonpei omurice ($10.80). It comes with grilled sliced pork which was a tad salty and oily but it wasn't all too bad. The tomato rice inside the omelette was rather bland though~
I know it's unfair to compare but ma maison's version was way better! Actually, even this was a tad better!
Mion had the salmon don ($12.80) and i think it was alright except that they were a little stingy with the salmon slices? She still had a sizeable portion of rice left after she finished the salmon~
Milo had to rush off first, so she only had a side dish: cheese cutlet ($4.80). She liked it coz it had loads of cheese!
We ordered a side to share: potato menti ($4.80)~ Unlike waraku's version, ajitei's potato menti actually features chunks of potatoes topped with cheese and bits of bacon~ We liked it pretty much but agreed that it was quite salty!
I gotta say that it was a rather long wait for our orders, although the staff was pretty fast to refill our iced water several times. The food's pretty average; i'm not too much of a fan still!
We have passed by this shop many times before and we finally caved in after we saw the affordable prices on their menu banner outside the shop~
Bugis Village 231 Victoria Street Singapore 188025
Tel: 6336 2698
Their menu's rather extensive and we contemplated quite awhile over it. Their ordering system was simple enough; we had to tick our choices and take it to the counter where we pay first and finally sit down to wait for our food~
Baby's (dry) pork chop noodles ($5.50) was a rather good choice - the noodles was springy and well-flavoured. The pork chop was really well-seasoned as well~
I went for their fried qq noodles ($5.50) and we were pleasantly surprised at how good this tasted - we could distinctively taste the wok hei in the noodles~ Plus, the portion's pretty big as well. The only thing I could pick on in this dish is that it was much too oily!
Their dumpling soup ($4) was rather mediocre though~
In a nutshell, this was a surprising find! There's no service charge and GST, dishes are priced affordably, and we were pleasantly surprised at the standard of their food~ We'll be coming back!
Just after i've recovered from diarrhoea, the dreaded cold and cough virus had to come invade my system. My menses decided to join in the fun by choosing to arrive at this exact moment. Whooopeeeee.
Being in the foulest of moods should never be a reason for me to be so unreasonable to Baby. I felt so guilty after that! But Baby still came over early morning before going to work and before i go to school to hand me this:
Bro turned 16 on the 20th and i'm insanely jealous of his youth! We had our usual "cze char celebration" (for any occasion haha) and Baby was here as well! ^_^
Fried noodles, sambal kangkong, stir-fried fish slices, chicken in plum sauce, seafood assortment and mum's fantastic fried prawns!
Pandan kaya, chocolate and mango~
Cake slices from bengawan solo: cheap and good!
All of us chipped in to get Bro his first handphone! Kudos to him for not succumbing to the temptation of owning a handphone considering how everyone in sec sch nowadays owns one!
All of us, including Bro preferred the white model, but no more stock!
My personal gift remains the same every year: candies to cater to Bro's sweet tooth!
Re-using mcdonald's happy meal box!
The candies!
I try not to get those run-of-the-mill candies and i got the ringpop and pushpop for nostalgia's sake!
It's the mooncake festival again! Anyone gotten sick of eating mooncakes yet? Haha~ Mum has already notified everyone beforehand not to give us any mooncakes coz we cannot finish them every year! (Look at what happened last year!)
We make our own mini snowskin mooncakes every year, and together with Baby's gift of traditional baked mooncakes, it's more than enough for us!
We couldn't get lotus paste this year coz it's sold out everywhere! This taught us a lesson: we should be kiasu-er and buy it earlier next time haha!
Since there's no lotus paste...
Substitute with green bean paste and red bean paste! We've decided on 2 flavours this year: mango and orange~ The mango-flavoured one has dried mango cubes stuffed in the paste!
Busy busy...~
Love the red polka-dotted paper cups!
We made 8 boxes of 6! Most of them are gifts; we only kept 1 box for ourselves~
Love the Q skin!
Gift from Baby: Lotus paste double-yolk baked mooncakes~ I love love love the yolks in baked mooncakes! ^_^
Which do u prefer? The traditional baked mooncakes or snowskin mooncakes?
We were in The Cathay for Wall-E and we wanted to get a quick bite for our lunch before the movie starts, so we chose... QuickBite. ^_^
Both of us went for the Value Meal 8 ($5.70), which included a stick of mushroom-stuffed bacon, 2 chicken skewers and a fried chicken drumlet over rice~
Pretty mediocre stuff, except for the mushroom-stuffed bacon which we loved! The enoki mushroom provided an interesting texture and the strips of bacon tasted like bak gwa haha~
Our extra order: gyoza ($3.90). We liked it but it was nothing to shout about~
We bought tickets for the digital version; same price, so why not? And it was in the grand cathay; love those couple seats! ^_^
The movie was alright but i guess i was a little disappointed. I had expected more coz of all the hype and raving reviews!
I've been wanting to try out aston's for the longest time! Thank goodness they have finally opened an outlet in town and it's now so much easier to come by!
Baby brought me here for a mini celebration after my RWAR exam!
It involved quite a bit of waiting for their mains but it was well worth it! Both Baby and i ordered the chicken and sausage combo ($10.90), which is a little more expensive than the other chicken and fish mains (less than 10 bucks)~
I chose teriyaki chicken for my combo, and baked potato and potato salad (potato overload haha!) for my sides. The teriyaki sauce was a little strong for my liking but the chicken's really well-grilled and remained tender and moist! Loved the sausages and sides as well!
Baby chose fried chicken for his combo, and fries and coleslaw for his sides. I loved his fried chicken more than my teriyaki chicken! In fact, i loved it so much more that i exchanged my teriyaki chicken with his fried chicken heh heh...~
The seasoning for the fried chicken's great and the cutlet was fried to perfection! Was really tender and moist as well! We would have liked the fries better if it was chunky fries or wedges though!
Such a filling and satisfying meal! Prices are rather afforable and there's no service charge (just GST)~ Do note that they charge 30 cents for plain water though!
As a mini reward for completion of the RWAR project assignment and exam, Baby surprised me with my favourite tidbit!:
Jagabee!
Sticks of goodness!
These are so yummy! Do not be duped by other brands; only this brand of french fries sticks is nice! I know this through personal experience! ^_^
The 2 ah siaos and i got together for a belated birthday lunch for ah siao milo! Fickle-minded ah siao milo finally decided on kim gary - the place with snaking queues every weekend!
We went on a weekday afternoon, so there were plenty of tables for us to choose from! Time to find out whether their food's really that good to command such crowds!
VivoCity 1 HarbourFront Centre Walk #02-128 Singapore 098585
Tel: 6376 8183
Ah siao milo and i both ordered their set lunches which came with a soup and drink. The soup that day was cream of corn - i didn't expect much but it was really diluted and bland!
My set lunch's main dish was steak with spaghetti (set lunch - $9.80)~ The portion's pretty big; i couldn't finish it! The steak was tender enough but very chewy and i got so tired of chewing! They were both laughing at me coz i looked so sian and tired while chewing the steak!
I got pretty sick of the tomato sauce after the first few mouthfuls coz the sauce tasted like the sweet and sour sauce in... 咕噜肉 (sweet and sour pork)!
Ah siao mion ordered a la carte and her dish has a really long name - soup noodles with minced pork and vegetable wanton ($5.90)~
She reported that the soup was pretty salty and it made her very thirsty... MSG eh?
Ah siao milo ordered a set lunch too; her cheese baked rice (set lunch - $11.80) took so long to come!
Since she is so biased towards kim gary, she said that her cheese baked rice was "mind-blowingly tantalisingly freakingly fantastic"! -_-"
We ordered french fries to share! There were several condiments to choose from and since we were feeling adventurous, we went for the special mix ($3.60)~
When we each took a bite, we were like CHEY! Haha coz the so-called special mix just tasted like the 椒盐 (chilli pepper and salt) flavouring powder they use for those shihlin-style chicken cutlets!
My iced horlicks which was included in my set lunch - i liked it coz it wasn't diluted!
Ah siao milo's iced almond milk - forgot to ask her how it was, but considering her biasness towards kim gary.........
Ah siao mion had to order a drink coz her soup noodles made her so thirsty! Her fresh honey lemon with aloe vera ($4.20) was almost as expensive as her main dish and hardly any aloe vera to be found!
In a nutshell, i don't understand why they can draw such long queues on weekends!
Ah siao milo jio-ed me for kbox-ing on her birthday itself (the week before our kim gary lunch)! I love kbox-ing in 2s coz no one can snatch the mic from me already wahaha!
It feels so shiok to be a student coz with $14.50 nett, we can sing for 5 hours from 2pm to 7pm, and all these food included!:
Chips and drinks!
5 tempura prawns and 7 nuggets - complete with french fries and ketchup!
I love being a student! *kisses my student card!* ^_^
Nowadays, many food sellers either raise prices or reduce food portions without raising prices~ The worst kind are those who increase prices and reduce portions at the same time!
Here's an example of "reducing food portions without raising prices" (from kobayashi):
The hotplate became a round and much smaller one, and the portions are now being reduced to half of what they used to give!
An example of increasing prices and reducing portions at the same time would be long john silver's, whose chicken pieces never fail to amaze me with their gradual "petiteness" over the years~
Baby and i'd rather food sellers increase prices without affecting food portions!
Which would u rather have? A price hike for the usual portion of food, or a shrink in the food portion for the same old price?
There used to be more bbq express outlets; a quick google check told me that there's now only 3 outlets left in bukit panjang plaza, imm and hougang mall~
Bukit Panjang Plaza 1 Jelebu Road #01-23 Singapore 677743
Tell me how can anyone not be enticed by these!?
They offer many more items, but i love their whole chickens best! Their whole chickens (honey/black pepper) go for only $6.50 and their meat's tender, moist and well-seasoned, especially the honey-glazed ones! ^_^
From what i understand, petit provence was branched out from provence in holland village and the former only carries a small selection of breads and pastries, hence the name "petit"~
We have walked past this little shop in central countless times but we have never gotten anything from them coz the limited selection doesn't really attract us~
One saturday night, however, i decided on a whim to try them out, and so we got 1 of each from what were displayed~
The Central 6 Eu Tong Seng Street #B1-29 Singapore 059817
It's that time of the year again when i scour my archives for this past year, for piccies that has never been posted here!
I presented the pics in collages of several categories last year after this blog's 1st birthday, so i figured i might as well make this into an annual thing~
There's twice as many unposted pics as compared to last year, so piccies galore ahead! This is gonna be a super long entry as i've added in my personal random notes below each collage in relation to the pictures!
Do click on the link below each collage to view a larger and clearer image of the collages! ^_^
**For the huat kueh to "huat" beautifully, dip a knife in cooking oil and cut the batter into quarters before steaming! (The [un]huat-ed kueh pic shows what happens if u don't!)
**Did u know that potatoes are one of the most misunderstood foods? Contrary to what many people believe, potatoes are hardly fattening if you cook it in healthier ways (boiling, steaming, baking... etc) as it is actually more than 75% water!
The reason why it has gained a reputation for being fattening is because potatoes soak up oil very easily when it is being fried~
I adore potatoes no matter how they're cooked, and a healthier alternative is to prepare a potato salad!
A potato salad is real easy to prepare:
1. Boil some potatoes (they're ready if u can cut through with a knife or poke through with a chopstick - usually 30 minutes or so, depending on the size of the potatoes), and leave aside to cool before peeling and cutting them into cubes
2. Drizzle sufficient low-fat (it's up to ur preference but low-fat makes it a tad healthier, no?) mayonnaise over the potato cubes
3. Add in black pepper and salt to taste
4. Sprinkle chopped spring onions or chives
5. This is optional, but u can also choose to squeeze in a wedge of lemon
6. Stir and mix well!
7. Chuck it into the fridge (or freezer for faster results) for awhile if u prefer ur potato salad chilled (i do)!
**Baby and i avoid going to superdog nowadays as it's almost always a super long wait for their food to arrive! The fish and chips wasn't nice at all~ =(
**I like how subway's always so generous with their portions of veggies!
**The donuts from pop doh have a cakey texture; it's nice for the first few donuts, but it's also easy to get sick of it as it's really heavy on the palate!
**I like munchy donuts' donut empire's choz o'cream donut (the dome-shaped and covered with dark chocolate one) coz it's filled generously with butter cream!
**The double chocolate cupcake from paisley & cream is lip-smackingly good! Its dark chocolate frosting's very rich but not too sweet!
**The cookies & cream ice-cream from azabu sabo was horribly bland and watery!
**Pie kia is overrated! Their pies smell so fragrant every time i walk past their shop but they turned out to be so mediocre!
**The triple c (cheesy curry chicken) from chippy's were horrible! I thought there's gonna be cheese fillings in the chicken but the cheese came in a tub instead. There was hardly any hint of curry too!
My goodness doing up this entry made me so tired haha~ I hope all of u have enjoyed the pics and notes! ^_^
Like I've said last year, this is my 4th blog ever since i've started blogging 7 years ago and it's my longest-lasting blog ever! (I just kinda lost interest in the previous 3 blogs after a period of time haha~)
But i've found my passion! 庆幸有个和我一样爱吃的Baby, 能陪我到处品尝美食! ^_^ And thank u all for coming here! Here's to many more good years to come! ^_^
I didn't realise that it's been more than a year since we've gone to pepper lunch!
Baby was feeling adventurous that day, so he ordered one of their newer items; the japanese curry rice set ($10.90).
Our advice is, plz dun order this! Or probably any of their newer items (spaghetti and such) too for that matter! The portion of the chicken was meagre and the curry was so blah i can't even remember its taste!
I stuck with my good old hamburger steak set ($13, with drink)~ We realised all over again how easy it is to be sick of pepper lunch! I think it's gonna be ages before we set foot in here again!
The 3 ah siaos and me went for lunch at anchorpoint on our last day of the news module and we decided on secret recipe after scrutinizing every eatery there haha~
Both ah siao milo and mion ordered the chicken lasagne ($8.90)~ I think both of them regretted the choice coz the portion was pretty meagre and it didn't taste that good either~
I didn't get to taste Syahidah's tom yum kung noodles ($12.50) but i think it should be alright since there wasn't any complaints from her? Haha~
I liked my pan-grilled catch of the day ($11.50)! Although the menu reads "with lobster sauce", i reckon it tasted more like mushroom soup instead haha~
Baby fetched me from school on the rainy saturday mum made dumplings and we decided to have lunch on the way back~
My bus home from school goes past this stretch of eateries (cheong chin nam road) at bukit timah and it sure is hard not to get tempted!
Anyway, we had a sudden craving for chicken rice! Boon tong kee it is then!
The appetizer ($1.50) which we hardly touched! Too sour! My goodness, so heart pain for being charged for something we didn't want! Must remember to tell them the next time before they automatically plonk it down on our table!
Their pyramid-shaped rice (50 cents)! Hmm... didn't make much of an impression!
Chicken for 2 ($9)! See that layer of jelly under the chicken skin (top right)? I didn't dare to eat it and so it was up to Baby haha~ He said that it was tasteless and the texture was just jelly-like~
As for the chicken, it was tender and we liked the sauce doused all over it!
Our favourite veggie - sambal kangkong ($7.80)! Portion was rather large (of coz la, look at the price! O_o")
We also ordered barley and lime juice ($1.80 each) and our total bill adds up to $25.65 after GST! We would have felt ripped off if it wasn't for the satisfactory standard of their food!
I've wanted to try out rochor and beancurd city eons ago coz (i gotta admit!) of the much publicised feud between the brothers!
We had wanted to compare both their beancurd since they were just beside each other but alas! I didn't know that beancurd city has moved out a long time ago, leaving their sister to occupy the space with another beancurd shop (which was deserted when we went)!
2 Short Street Singapore 188211 (near sunshine plaza!)
We shared both the chilled and warm versions of their beancurd. Both were smooth in texture but Baby preferred the chilled one while i favoured the warm one coz i felt that it made the beancurd a tad silkier~
Their you tiao (fried dough fritters) were pipin' hot and crispy! Other snacks like egg tarts are available as well~ We also tried their soya bean milk but it was just rather ordinary~
The comparison part has expanded though. What's left to do:
1. Sample their sister's brand of beancurd which is just right next door
2. Find beancurd city
3. Visit rochor in geylang (owned by eldest brother) which many have said is the best
I have to apologise for not updating for the past week! I was really peeved by Isabell the cousin whom, by the way, has yet to reveal herself.
I would jux like to tell "Isabell the cousin" that i hope u know it's not difficult to guess who u r at all. Piss off from my blog if u do not appreciate food like the rest of my readers do and is jux here to nitpick like a childish prick.
Anyway, coming back to more important matters like food, i realised that i've never done a proper review of Victor's Kitchen even though we have been patronising them for our dim sum fix since who knows when!
Sunshine Plaza 91 Bencoolen Street #01-21 Singapore 189652
Sunshine Plaza is a quaint building near dhoby ghaut and also houses Parklane Wanton Mee~
Our must-have every single time we visit - lotus leaf glutinous rice ($4)~ We love digging into the pipin' hot soft rice for the chicken, lap cheong, mushroom and salted egg yolk hidden within!
Chee cheong fun with prawns ($3.50)~ The savoury sauce was a good complement to the otherwise plain and simple cheong fun!
Each har gow ($3.80) contains a single huge crunchy prawn~ We always eat the har gow in whole and we can only go "mmm mmm mmm..." ^_^
Baby and i dun actually like siew mai but we thought we'd order something we dun like to see whether we'll like it!
Their siew mai ($3) doesn't contain fatty meat (fatty meat is the main reason why i dislike those mass-produced ones coz it makes me feel so jerlat!). We wouldn't mind ordering their siew mai again!
Both of us love their milky custard buns ($2.80)! Take a look at the insides:
There's also a salted egg yolk nestled within the custard which, by the way, tasted really like kaya to me!
Baby's favourite char siew buns ($2.80)! Their insides:
Big, robust pieces of char siew with oyster sauce!
Not ur usual carrot/radish cake ($3.80)! The steamed carrot cake was both smooth & Q and it goes really well with this!:
The complementing XO sauce which added fragrance to the carrot cake!
Both of us had their stocking iced milk tea ($1.30)~ We're not sure whether they really made the tea using stockings but it sure tasted good!
Be forewarned that the standard of their iced milk tea does alternate between mediocre and good on different occasions!
Baby and i encountered Vladimir A. Yarets for the 2nd time! The only exception is that we only got to see his motorbike this time round! Perhaps he had popped into cheers for something? Heh heh~
I have no idea who u r (since u have chosen not to identify urself), but u should get ur facts right before u try to accuse me of anything.
Firstly, if u haven't already noticed, my blog is a food blog. My passion and interest lies in food.
It doesn't mean that, in ur own words, "she goes spending like no one's business on food food and still food yo!"
I don't "spend like no one's business" and eat out every other day. In fact, i usually only eat out on weekends and that's when i take the pics and store them in my archives for future use.
I also do not go around spending my dad's hard earned money like u said. In fact, i have not taken pocket money from my parents for years.
My daily expenses are covered using my earnings from job stints, CNY and birthday red packets. My boyfriend usually pays for our meals when we eat out together (i hope u don't start saying i go around spending my boyfriend's money "like no one's business" coz i don't) and i hardly ever spend money on shopping.
I'm not going to comment on anything else u said but i would like to ask u this; what is the point in stirring up more trouble than there already is?
After waiting for more than 6 months, Ikea's nasi biryani is finally back on their daily specials menu (every saturday for the month of June)!
The price of their daily specials have gone up from $4.90 to $5.50!
Gotta love their boneless chicken thighs! Remember to ask for more of the savoury gravy coz they dun give as much now! (Refer to this pic from last year!)
Nuggets ($2.90) from the kids' menu!
Thank goodness their potato salad ($1.80) didn't turn out tasting aircon-ish like before!
P/S: I've mistaken! Their nasi biryani is actually available on every saturday for the month of May, not June! Yikes!
